CONFERVA ^EGAGROPILA. 



C. filamentis ramofiflimis, e centra progredicntibus, globum conftitu- 

 entibus; ramis ramulifquc fubfccuudis Itri&is, obmfis ; auiculi; 

 longis, cylindraceis. 



Linn. Sp. PI. p. 1637. Fl. Suec. p. 436. Fl. Ang. p. 604. With. IV. p. 142. 

 E. Bot. XX. p. 1377. Roth, Cat. Bot. I. p. i8t. II. p. 212. III. p. 244. 

 Roth, Fl. Germ. III. p. 517. Weber et Mohr Iter Suec. p. 71. t. 1. f. 7. 



In Alpine lakes In North Wales, Rev. H. Daws. North of Scotland, 

 Mr. Brodie. Preftwick Car, Northumberland, Mr. Winch. Culmerp Pool, 

 and Whitemere, Shropfhire, Rev. Mr. Williams. 



TPIE prefent fpecies, and Conferva Arbufcula, I faw fo little probability of 

 .being able to procure in a frefh (late, that I have ventured, with refpecl to them, 

 fo deviate from my original intention, by giving reprefentations of fpecimens that 

 had previoufly been dried; for which I truft I fhall not be blamed, as the Britifh 

 Catalogue can fcarcely boaft two more interefting individuals, or two without 

 which a work on the Genus would be lefs complete. 



Conferva ^Fgagropila is a native of mountainous lakes in different parts of 

 Europe, having been found in Sweden, Norway, and both the North and South 

 of Germany. Dr. Roth has enumerated three varieties, of which I am not 

 aware that more than one has hitherto been met with in England. Its fize is 

 uncertain, varying from that of a pea to a large walnut. The filaments always 

 originate from a center, and extend with repeated ramifications to the extre- 

 mities, preferving an equal height, fo that the form of the whole plant is 

 conftantly globular, in which, as far as my knowledge extends, no other fpecies 

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